Defense Secretary Robert Gates has nominated Maj. Gen. Brooks Bash as well as Maj. Gen. Stephen Hoog and Maj. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas for their third star for their new assignments. Bash, currently Pacific Air Forces vice commander at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is moving to his new position as director of logistics on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. Hoog, who’s presently 9th Air Force commander at Shaw AFB, S.C., has the new assignment to lead 11th Air Force at JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Jouas is shifting from being PACAF’s director of operations, plans, requirements, and programs to commanding 7th Air Force at Osan AB, South Korea. (DOD release)
Boeing Claims Progress on T-7 and Other Challenged Programs
April 25, 2025
Boeing appears to have become to overcome the problems that led to billions in losses on fixed-price defense contracts in recent years, point the company back toward profitabily, says Boeing president and CEO Kelly Ortberg.